Topological invariance of the state-integral invariants

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Let MM be a hyperbolic 33-manifold with a regular triangulation T\mathcal{T} and Neumann\Zagier datum, including a choice of quad type with det⁡B≠0\det \mathbf{B}\neq 0. Let {ST,n}n=0∞\{S_{\mathcal{T},n}\}_{n=0}^{\infty} be the invariants obtained from the asymptotic expansion of the associated state integral. The state integral is defined up to multiplicative factors

exp⁡(π26ℏa+iπ4b+ℏ24c),a,b,c∈Z,\exp\left(\frac{\pi^2}{6\hbar}a+\frac{i\pi}{4}b+\frac{\hbar}{24}c\right),\qquad a,b,c\in\mathbb{Z},

which induces the corresponding ambiguity in the invariants. Topological invariance conjecture. The invariants {ST,n}n=0∞\{S_{\mathcal{T},n}\}_{n=0}^{\infty} are independent of the choice of regular triangulation and Neumann\Zagier datum, up to this ambiguity, and therefore constitute topological invariants of MM. The claim concerns the triangulation-independence of the perturbative state-integral invariants; the preceding discussion establishes their construction and describes the allowed prefactor ambiguity, but the asserted independence is presented as an expectation rather than proved here.

References

Primary source

Tudor D. Dimofte and Stavros Garoufalidis, “The quantum content of the gluing equations”, arXiv:1202.6268 (2012).

Additional references

2 papers in this index state this conjecture (2011–2012). The statement above is taken from the most recent of them; the others are arXiv:1102.4847.

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